Partnership for Public Service
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Is your agency one of the best places to work in the federal government? New rankings will be released tomorrow by the Partnership for Public Service. John Palguta is the vice president for policy at…
May 19, 2009 -
The Federal Government could be hiring as many as 600,000 workers over the next four years. We learn more from Tim McManus with the Partnership for Public Service.
May 15, 2009 -
It’s no secret that the interest in federal jobs (pdf) has gone up in recent months – especially with the crowd just graduating from college. We told you about a new Gallup poll indicating a…
May 12, 2009 -
More Americans are interested in federal jobs these days. 4-in-10 say in a Gallup survey say they’d consider federal careers. That’s up from about 2-in-10 three years ago. The news comes as the government prepares…
May 08, 2009 -
Recently, the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia held a hearing called Public Service in the 21st Century: An Examination of the State of the Federal Workforce. Tim McManus…
April 24, 2009 -
By Max Cacas FederalNewsRadio The Gallup Organization is out with a new study that examines citizen perceptions of how the federal government does its job. The preliminary findings from the study were discussed yesterday at…
April 21, 2009 -
Is your agency tossing top talent by the wayside? A new report from the Partnership for Public Service finds that federal managers are putting less than 1 in 10 interns on their permanent payrolls. The…
April 07, 2009 -
The federal government wants to recruit new employees, but it isn’t easy. There are plenty of people who want to work for the federal government. The problem is getting off square one — the application…
April 03, 2009 -
The federal government wants to recruit new employees, but it isn’t easy. There are plenty of people who want T to work for the federal government. The problem is getting off square one — the…
April 03, 2009 -
The Senate voted yesterday to approve a bill yesterday to expand community service programs like Americorps, and could increase the number of positions to 250,000. The bill is now called the “Senator Edward M. Kennedy…
March 27, 2009 -
There’s a renewed focus in Washington on federal employee benefits. A slew of proposals aim to change how unused sick leave is credited toward retirement and provide paid leave for birth or adoption. There’s also…
March 24, 2009 -
There are a lot of opinions on how the defense procurement process could be reformed. The House Armed Services Committee has formed a bi-partisan panel to deal with the issue, and there is a bill…
March 10, 2009 -
The federal government is looking at incentives that will attract and retain older, more experienced workers.
February 27, 2009 -
The Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2009 would fund graduate-level education in mission-critical fields. In exchange, the graduate would have a service commitment to federal government. The legislation for Roosevelt Scholars was introduced in the last…
February 20, 2009 -
Just how many private contractors are employed by the federal government? No one really knows – and the Partnership for Public Service says that’s a problem, especially in light the stimulus package that’s about to…
February 17, 2009